Often daunting in scale, Serra’s swooping architectural curves often provoke dizziness and disorientation as viewers walk through their winding passages. Since 1971, Serra has produced large-scale drawings that relate to or are inspired by completed sculptures. Richard Serra, (born November 2, 1939, San Francisco, California, U.S.), American sculptor who is best known for his large-scale abstract steel sculptures, whose substantial presence forces viewers to engage with the physical qualities of the works and their particular sites. (American, born 1938) Richard Serra is a contemporary Minimalist artist known for his monumental steel sculptures. He also worked in video and performance art, producing a number of films that address the manufacture and use of his signature material: steel. These site-specific sculptures, whose parts are manufactured in Germany, can be found from King City, Ontario, and the Netherlands, to the Storm King Art Center and Dia: Beacon, both in Upstate New York.īefore turning to steel, Serra produced abstract sculptures from nontraditional materials - fiberglass, rubber or molten lead - which he splashed or threw in their liquid states against the walls of studios or exhibition spaces, recording their shapes and angles. The most famous of these works is his "Torqued Ellipse" series, begun in 1966 and inspired by a Baroque 17th-century Roman church.
He is particularly renowned for monumental arcs, spirals and ellipses made from massive sheets of oxidized CorTen steel, which occupy large interior and exterior spaces and dwarf visitors who wander through them, like abstract mazes. Minimalist sculptor Richard Serra, based between New York City and Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, may be described as the art world’s father of steel.
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